CHORAL EVENSONG 5:00 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2014 CHRIST CHURCH 118 N. WASHINGTON ST. ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 www.HistoricChristChurch.org Please silence all electronic devices. We invite you to put on a name tag, which can be found in your pew rack. If you are visiting with us this evening, please fill out a pew card and place it in the offering plate so that we may send you information about the mission and ministry of this congregation. Parents and children are welcome to use the Infant Caring Room, which provides a video link to the worship service. (Enter the Parish House double doors, turn right and go up the stairs and through the corner door. Go straight ahead through the next door and then keep right.) 4:40 PM ORGAN PRELUDE / RECITAL BY NICHOLAS BIDELER Praeludium in C-moll J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Priere du Matin Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Postlude pour l’Office de Complies Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Verses on the Nunc dimittis Harold Friedell (1905-1958) Nicholas Bideler is a native of Fort Smith, Arkansas and has been a musician since he was 8 years old. In 2004 Nicholas was appointed as the organist at Visitation Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri where he also started a Royal School of Church Music program. He received his bachelor’s degree in organ performance from the University of Kansas in 2008 and master’s degree at the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2010. His primary teachers have been Dr. James Higdon, Dr. Michael Bauer and Dr. Roberta Gary respectively. He is currently working on his doctorate of musical arts degree at the University of Kansas. In 2008 he was appointed the Associate Director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati where he played for both the Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls. In the fall of 2010, Nicholas returned to Visitation Church to direct the RSCM choir of boys and girls. Nicholas was a competitor in the 2011 Dublin International Organ Competition and the 2011 Canadian International Organ Competition. In September of 2012, Nicholas became the Assistant Organist and Choirmaster at The Church of Saint Michael and Saint George in Saint Louis. Nicholas has performed throughout the United States and Europe in such venues as the Washington National Cathedral; Trinity Church, Boston; Princeton University; Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Newark; St. Thomas Fifth Ave, NYC; and Westminster Cathedral, London. -1- Please stand and sing. Hymn 34 Innisfree Farm Opening Sentences Invitatory and Psalter Craig Phillips (b. 1961) Officiant: O Lord, open thou our lips. Choir: And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. Choir: O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Officiant: Praise ye the Lord. Choir: The Lord’s Name be praised. The People are seated. Psalm 148 Chant by Thomas Attwood Walmisley (1814-1856) 1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; * praise him in the heights. 2 Praise him, all you angels of his; * praise him, all his host. 3 Praise him, sun and moon; * praise him, all you shining stars. 4 Praise him, heaven of heavens, * and you waters above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the Name of the LORD; * for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He made them stand fast for ever and ever; * he gave them a law which shall not pass away. -2- 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, * you sea-monsters and all deeps; 8 Fire and hail, snow and fog, * tempestuous wind, doing his will; 9 Mountains and all hills, * fruit trees and all cedars; 10 Wild beasts and all cattle, * creeping things and wingèd birds; 11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, * princes and all rulers of the world; 12 Young men and maidens, * old and young together. 13 Let them praise the Name of the LORD, * for his Name only is exalted, his splendor is over earth and heaven. 14 He has raised up strength for his people and praise for all his loyal servants, * the children of Israel, a people who are near him. Hallelujah! Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The First Lesson Exodus 24:12-18 The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may go to them.” Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights. Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. The People stand. Magnificat for St. Paul’s Cathedral Herbert Howells (1892-1983) My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath -3- holpen his servant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. The People are seated. The Second Lesson Matthew 17:1-9 Six days after Peter had acknowledged Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the Living God, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Get up and do not be afraid.” And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. The People stand. Nunc dimittis in F Harold Friedell (1905-1958) Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. The People remain standing and say in unison: The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Preces and Responses Craig Phillips Officiant: The Lord be with you. Choir: And with thy spirit. Officiant: Let us pray. The People kneel. Choir: Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. The Lord’s Prayer -4- The Suffrages Officiant: O Lord, show thy mercy upon us.